The rise of Bryson DeChambeau to fifth place world ranking It is the main movement within the top ten that has made the week competitive in Europe and the United States. He US Open champion has won a position with his 8th place at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas. In this way, he equals his best position ever in the classification.
On the other hand, Brooks Koepka He leaves the top 10. The Florida golfer, who started 2020 as World Number 1, lost his position in the top ten on Monday. Specifically, it has been placed eleventh. He was not out of this exclusive club since May 20, 2018, almost two and a half years ago.
Koepka has not played since the Wyndham Championship, where he was out of court. It was even low at the US Open. He explained that he was not physically in his best moment to play a Grand Slam. But he returns to competition this week at the CJ Cup taking place in Shadow Creek, Las Vegas, starting Thursday. You will thus have an opportunity to return to the world top ten on the fast track.
Koepka becomes the fourth player in history to break out of the world top ten after starting the year as Number One after Greg Norman, Tiger Woods and Jason Day.
As for the Spanish, Jon Rahm remains as World Number 2, while Sergio garcia is 40º and Rafa Cabrera ranks 76th. Adri Arnaus (144º), Pablo Larrazabal (202º) and Nacho elvira (422nd) took advantage of the BMW PGA Championship to gain some positions in the standings.
In this regard, the champion at Wentworth, the English Tyrrel Hatton it has gone from position 15 to 10, to the detriment of Koepka precisely.
Classification:
1. Dustin Johnson (USA) 10.06 points
2. Jon Rahm (ESP) 9.85
3. Justin Thomas (USA) 8.64
4. Rory McIlroy (IrlN) 7.76
5. Bryson DeChambeau (USA) 7.51
6. Collin Morikawa (USA) 7.48
7. Webb Simpson (USA) 7.11
8. Xander Schauffele (USA) 6.60
9. Patrick Reed (USA) 6.07
10. Tyrrell Hatton (Ing)5.96
11. Brooks Koepka (USA) 5.63
